Is this really what causes fibromyalgia? Reason I ask is my sister apparently has this affliction, and she does happen to be what you described. I would nothing more than to call her out and say that she did this to herself, because the 2-3 times a year I do see her, her fibromyalgia HAS to come up as a subject, and the only thing I know about it is that she's constantly in pain or something.

In a word- no. They're not quite sure what does cause it. And it has no correlation to obesity. Friend of mine was diagnosed with it at a relatively early age.. she is nowhere near fat, is very athletic. Or was.

This doctor is an idiot. "There is no cure, here have a scrip." Strengthening the abdominal muscles and core can help quite a bit with the pain, as would losing weight. If she's not willing to do either of those things, then that's on her. She should have been told to give it a shot, though, before he threw pain meds at her.

And don't EVEN remind me of the time I had to tell a patient they had an osteosarcoma in her left femur that had metastasized into their left ishium, bilateral ilia and entire lumbar spine. She was a like 'Whah, whah, whah, WHAH!'

Let me tell anyone thinking about entering the medical field one single thing: patients are the worst thing ever, they're like a friggin' cancer, except for the ones that have cancer, they're actually some how worse.

Wall_of_Doodoo:Let me tell anyone thinking about entering the medical field one single thing: patients are the worst thing ever, they're like a friggin' cancer, except for the ones that have cancer, they're actually some how worse.

I was at a party recently and got to talking with the head of cardiology at a hospital here. He told me, "we are very, very good at fixing people, and we suck at absolutely every other part of the job." So at least your pretend-internet-doctor act is consistent with reality.